It Is Town Talk

Free Lance, Volume II, Issue 103, 21 June 1902, Page 22

It Is Town Talk

-That ace 01 ding to a Wellington Suudcn school hoy, Lot'b uifeuas turned into d pillai of salt because she was too iu-sh That a Thames pa.pei says things aie !ooking-up on that gone-bung goldfield. A local cab piopnctci has a brand-now cab ' That it the Boeis keep on sunendeiing theie will be a larger army of them at this end of the «ai than there was at the beginning. — Tii at theie is a Wellington man who is earning £1000 a year and yet leads a legular hand-to-mouth existence. He'ife a dentist —That the Duke of Connaught has immortalised himself He did not meet King Dick on his arrival, in spite of misinteipreted cables to that effect That George Fisher oned "This is no place for me!" when he saw John Duthie at the "New Zealand Times foregathering last Saturday And he left — That a local paper, under the headmp "A School of Journalism, prints a sentence 174 words long Well yes. such a school would have its uses That a Belgian resident on the other side has a motor oar. He does not call it that, though A sneipardcloo«.zoonders.poorwegetroolniiiig is ms name for it —That a perusal of the licensing new s of the colony confirms the avera-ge readei m the belief that beer triumphs still At least, what is known bv that name is on top. — That a Manawatu paper mentions the astounding fact that, "Mr. Blank, our worthy townsman, and proprietor of the Excelsior butchery, is travelling 'incog ' through the North Island That a ten-year-old girl was seen reading a oopv of the "Contemporary Review " m the Newtown Public Libraiv one afternoon last week. And thei c ai c no pictures in this magazine < That the man who will explain what Melro=e Borough Council really w ants and how the councillors find time to discuss subjects without beginning or ending, will be entitled to a gold medal —That half-a-dozen country papers mention the fact that "the wife of a local lesident presented him with twins on peace day " Apparently, the same twins as nell as the same paragraph, seive for <ux towns. —That the Newtown tradesman, who furious,: \ accused a person of passing spunous coin,, and who detained him while an investigation was made, hiais lost his custom. The half-sovereign in dispute was a genuine one. —That an Invercargill girl of 18, giving evidence in the Supreme Court recently, stated she had never been in town before, or seen a railway tram. There are some people who envy her, especially if they travel much. —That, according to the daily papers, £2 will repair all the damage done to the Hutt-ioad by ram. Computing the requisite quantity of metal to repair that, road at ten thousand tons, £2 would seem a reasonable outlay. —That while it was Andrew Collins who tried last week to get the Trades Council to close, its meetings against the press, it was, also Andrew Collins who some months ago, fought so stoutly for the admission of the press Why this thusness 0 — That the long-delayed clasps for New ZeaJanders' South African medals have armed Providing the Defence Office can get an Act passed to appoint a person whose duty it will be to distribute them, soldiers will get them before next Chnstmas. -That great i egret is felt among the mam fi lends of Constable Surgenor at his lecent departuie for the Malay peninsula where he has received an appointment as sub-inspector of police Tom was very popular in Blenheim, wheie he was lately stationed That there has been no provision made for suppressing Coronation poets Aftei the trying time New Zealand has been snbiected to by war, Duke, and versifiers' on those subjects, they might be included with ragwort within the meaning of the Noxious Weeds Act —That, according to Mr. Moore, Government meat expert, the visibLe profit on exported frozen meat is 4Us per bullock, 4s per sheep, and 2s |*-er lamb This is said to be lost to NewZealand by scarcity of freezing accommoderation and other drawbacks He has iuct reported on the subiect

- -That superstition nevei keeps people horn accepting thntocn foi a dozen. That the public schools no longei bicak up" Yido papeis they 'adjoin n " - That the Mi hose Boiough Council might take a leaf fioin the Boei book Imagine Poaco m that subuiban body ' -Tliat one moie \ ictim is recoided a* ha\ nig died of the effects of tightlacing. To be svlph"-hke she gave up the "ghost " —That the King's clemeiicv " to be extended to piis&ouers vi various parts of the Kmpiie, should eieate a mild boom in police work. — That the wily sneak thief is lruch in evidence in the subuibs, and some lecent eaptureis by zealous citizens have been wildly humoious — That Christian De Wet a ill pop up politically in South Africa vet He ma,y even vet ha\e the honoui of being a member of a Seddon Cabinet ' -That, now that Hughie Tiumble is in good health again, the followcis of Australian cnckeiters anticipate a better performance m the next test match — That a Terrace schoolboy recently aimed home in teaib, with the alaiming intelligence that his form-master had. thieaitened to put some ideas into his head. — That it is exciuciatinglv funny to read that the De Wet, who was once an "untutoied savage," is now 'a Christian hero " He wasn't a Christian heio befoie he surrendered. — That the following is a local Maori's remark oil Peace "Ba,h, they tell u.s Peace one year, two year, ago. Mr Seddon, he go to Africa peace tw o day' Kapa,i Seddon" — That a local mashei w rote last w eek popping the question to the queen of his heart She has written two letters in i e ply but he is not content The two letters are "N-0 " —That the Hotel Cecil is to be guaided night and day while King Richard is m residence This smacks somewhat of the precautions taken to protect the other Czar. — -That a Wellington vocalist says she lost her voice the other night through inhaling the air of a w aiting-i oom which the last concert party had peifurned with some vile tobacco. —That Mr. J. A. Millar, M H.R is so satisfied that Mr. Seddon arranged peace in South Africa that he is anxious King Dick should go on to China and settle the troubles there. — That the most ardent Prohibitionist up the line is a publican who has been in the trade for years, thouerh he does not hold a license just now And he is not a teetotaller, either. — That a cunous coincidence is reported from Wanganui. Six women with babies met together and agreed to vote win oh was the handsomest infant. Each baby got one vote. — That thirty Auckland troopeis of the' returned Sixth who cannot get their ai rears of pay. threaten that they wilJ have themselves oommitted to priso.ii for having no ''lawful visible." — That one of the latest batch of returned troopers found two engagement i ings w aiting for him on his arrival from abroad. And he has been reading up that recent breach of promise case ' — That the second fatal case of plague in Auckland was kept very quiet. The patient, a young man named Bentley, employed m a locaJ warehouse, was buried a fortnight before anything was said about it. — That it i& confidently expected that the fireworks that should have fizzed this time last year, and the rockets that did not pop for Peace this year, will be duly brought to light for the Coronation — That, if all the borough councils and kindred bodies get the Coronation buildings they are asking for, the money to be disbursed by the Government would form decent surpluses fo: the next twenty years. — Tha,t some distant Licensing Benches have actually taken the trouble to find out if hotels were in a fit state to receive renewed licences. The absurdity of this will be apparent at once to the Wellington Licensing Bench —That one Wellington prohibitionist paient, hearing that some cases of opthalmia had been discovered amongst the school-children writes to the schoolmaster to see that her little Johnny doesn't get any of the cursed hquoi — That a Northern paper, in an account of a railway accident, says, the man was found dead on a railway ciossing His head was smashed in and both legs were gone to> sleep on tho crossing, w r hich is under the bridge — That, at times on Saturday, at the Athletic Park, a visitor unused to Sugbv would have considered there were a few madmen let loose there — the rain and daikness made it appear as if the crowd of players were running about chased bv rats.